In the last three years President Goodluck Jonathan has pocketed N43.231 million as salary while he had in the last three years, paid N6.264 million as tax to the country.
The years which the president earned the salary and paid the tax, according to document from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, he released to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, were 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Vanguard also made it known that the document which was placed at the INEC office at Area 10, Abuja, showed that the president, in 2011, 2012 and 2013, received the said amount.
The document showed that the president’s salary stands at N14,410,290.48 per annum. The president also paid a total of N6,264,221.75 as tax in the years under review. The income tax clearance certificate from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Abuja, with Ref. No: ABJ/MDA/PAYE/09690150 and dated July 2, 2014, revealed that in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, he received a total of N43,230,871.44 as salary.
While he paid N1,242,670.21 as tax in 2011, President Jonathan paid N2,510,775.77 for 2012 and for 2013.
The document tagged:“To whom it may concern”, indicated that the president’s source of income was “employment”.
The clearance which was stamped and received in the Legal Services Department of INEC on December 18 2014 reads:
This is to certify that Dr. Jonathan, Ebele Goodluck (Presidency) has paid income tax assessment for the past three years.
The details of the president’s tax payment also showed that the president did not earn any other income besides his fixed income as president of the country in that period.
There were no indications of income from stocks or other businesses that the president could have had.
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Posted: at 20-04-2015 06:20 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Wysetots at 20-04-2015 06:27 AM (10 years ago) (m)
What about "other salaries" not included in Nigerian constitution??
Posted: at 20-04-2015 06:27 AM (10 years ago) | Hero
How would the President's salary be paid through cheque.The President is not a contractor, he will be paid through electronic payment directly into his Bank Account. When a serving Senator/House Rep pockets over N29M naira per Month, imagine how much the President will be collecting. Who is telling lies, there is God ooooo.
Posted: at 20-04-2015 02:20 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie